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diff --git a/doc/manual/installation/single-user.xml b/doc/manual/installation/single-user.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 09cdaa5d4..000000000 --- a/doc/manual/installation/single-user.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,21 +0,0 @@ -<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" - xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" - xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" - version="5.0" - xml:id="sec-single-user"> - -<title>Single-User Mode</title> - -<para>In single-user mode, all Nix operations that access the database -in <filename><replaceable>prefix</replaceable>/var/nix/db</filename> -or modify the Nix store in -<filename><replaceable>prefix</replaceable>/store</filename> must be -performed under the user ID that owns those directories. This is -typically <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>. (If you -install from RPM packages, that’s in fact the default ownership.) -However, on single-user machines, it is often convenient to -<command>chown</command> those directories to your normal user account -so that you don’t have to <command>su</command> to <systemitem -class="username">root</systemitem> all the time.</para> - -</section>
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